On the weekend of July 6th and 7th, St. Oswald’s Parish Church, Oswestry, begins a programme of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Victorian restoration. Featuring talks and music events, the programme aims to illustrate how the history of Oswestry and St. Oswald’s is intertwined and will draw on Oswestry’s links to Welsh and English history and their cultural heritages.

The opening event is a concert by St. Oswald’s own ‘Scholars and Gentlemen’ on July 6th.  Further events are planned throughout the summer including a series of ‘Music for a Summer’s Evening’ concerts, bell ringing, historical talks from English and Welsh academics, and the ‘Knitted Bible’, a series of bible stories recreated in wool will be on display throughout August.

The concert tickets  all cost £10 with discounts for the whole series and the ‘Music for A Summer’s Evening’ series. However, many of the events are free to enter, and tickets for all concerts are available from R.J. Christian Jewellers, Bailey Street, or from St. Oswald’s Church office.